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The Painted Page: Italian Renaissance Book Illumination 1450 - 1550
by Alexander, Jonathan J.G., editor
- Used
- Near Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 3791313851
- ISBN 13
- 9783791313856
- Seller
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South Pasadena, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Prestel, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Oversize softcover exhibition catalogue in glossy pictorial wraps. First paperback edition. Near fine condition, clean and crisp. Slight sunning at spine. Paper is thick and glossy. Published to accompany an exhibition of the same name in London at the Royal Academy of Arts and in New York at the Morgan Library. Beautiful full-page color plates throughout. Folio. 282 pp. Large and heavy: will require additional postage if shipped priority or outside the U.S.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Warwick Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 96079
- Title
- The Painted Page: Italian Renaissance Book Illumination 1450 - 1550
- Author
- Alexander, Jonathan J.G., editor
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 3791313851
- ISBN 13
- 9783791313856
- Publisher
- Prestel
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- illuminated manuscripts
Terms of Sale
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Returnable if not as described, with prior notice, within 30 days. We take care packaging the books you order and will gift wrap on request.
About the Seller
Warwick Books
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South Pasadena, California
About Warwick Books
We are an Internet-only book business. We carry hard-to-find books in many categories including art, photography, military history, cookbooks, children's books, fiction, needlework, Americana, popular culture, and signed first editions. Warwick Books is a member of IOBA, the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- First Edition
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- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
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